GATeS 2026 Bathukamma Registration

Guidelines for making Bathukamma: 1. Use yellow flowers for the bottom layer. 2. Use white flowers as the top layer. 3. Place a betel leaf (paan) at the very top of the bathukamma. 4. Place Gowramma (made with turmeric) in the betel leaf (vasthram, vadibiyyam, pasupu, kumkuma are also placed). 5. Use two Agarbathis on each side of the Bathukamma – unlit (you can light them before playing). 6. Make sure your bathukamma is stable. 7. Please do not use any artificial flowers. 8. Please make layers (use attractive & contrast color flower layers in between) 9. Please ensure your group name does not reflect or indicate any bias to any specific group or community 10. Please make sure you register your bathukamma. Contact: Geetha Narannagari: 470-424-7888, Jyothsna Palakurthi: 314-420-6084 Thank You GATeS Team